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United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, His Excellency, António Guterres (right), speaking to resident UN Heads of Agencies and staff members at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) in Kingston on Monday (May 15). Beside him (from left) are Director, Office of Environmental Management and Mineral Resources, ISA, José Dallo and UN Resident Coordinator, Vincent Sweeney.
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, His Excellency, António Guterres (right), speaking to resident UN Heads of Agencies and staff members at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) in Kingston on Monday (May 15). Beside him (from left) are Director, Office of Environmental Management and Mineral Resources, ISA, José Dallo and UN Resident Coordinator, Vincent Sweeney.

UN Secretary-General Expresses Solidarity with Jamaica

By: Chanel Spence, May 15, 2023
Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), His Excellency António Guterres, says the organisation stands in full solidarity with Jamaica on various matters of global and national importance. These include Jamaica’s...
Secretary-General of the United Nations, His Excellency António Guterres (left), and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (second left), listen as Tour Guide, Anthony Johnson (right), provides information about Jamaica’s historical heritage during a tour of the Seville Heritage Park in St. Ann on Sunday, May 14, shortly after the UN Secretary General’s arrival in the island for a two-day working visit. Members of the Secretary-General’s team look on.

PHOTOS: UN Secretary-General Tours Seville Heritage Park

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), is in conversation with United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, His Excellency António Guterres, at the Office of the Prime Minister on Monday (May 15), before bilateral talks. The meeting is part of engagements during the UN Secretary-General’s two-day working visit to the island from May 14 to 15.

PHOTOS: PM and UN Secretary-General Hold Bilateral Talks

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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (at podium), addresses the recent ceremony for the donation of a Model 5 Bookeye Scanner to the Jamaica Archives and Records Department (JARD) by the Mexican Government, at the Ministry in downtown Kingston. Listening (from left) are Ambassador of Mexico to Jamaica, His Excellency Juan José González Mijares; spouse of the President of the United Mexican States, H.E. Dr. Beatriz Gutiérrez Müeller; and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and Member of Parliament for St. Andrew East Rural, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness.
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JARD Gets Scanner from Mexico

Jamaica’s capacity to capture and preserve historical records and information has been boosted through the donation of scanning equipment by Mexico to the Jamaica Archives and Records Department (JARD) in...
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By: Garfield L. Angus, April 25, 2023